Connecticut MCLE - All Courses
Connecticut MCLE
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Pre-Plea and Pre-Sentence Criminal Mitigation Strategies
Mental illness is often considered a mitigating factor in criminal cases. This fascinating and informative CLE course will explore the mitigation strategies for clients suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder, one of the least understood yet critically important mental illnesses in criminal defense cases. Presented by attorney and forensic expert Dr. Mark Silver, the course will explain the criteria for the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, present nation-wide statistics and e... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
Creative Cutting Edge Trust Planning Strategies
The concern over future changes to the tax code, combined with the recent changes made in the Jobs Cut Tax Act and developments such as the Wacker case and its impact on self-settled trusts have impacted trust planning across the income spectrum. This CLE course will review planning techniques, from the creative and cutting-edge to the straightforward and standard, that will help you better serve your clients in the current environment. The uses of non-grantor trusts for income tax and other ben... More Info
$551.75General Credits -
Criminal Mitigation: Humanizing the Client Toward a Better Outcome
This riveting and timely CLE course discusses the impact of psychological analysis on factual analysis, and how criminal lawyers can utilize the humanizing process to gain better outcomes for their clients in criminal cases. Presented by attorney and forensic expert Dr. mark Silver, the course is designed for seasoned as well as starting attorneys, and offers insight into the various criteria and strategies to employ, particularly during the pre-sentence and pre-plea stage of representation, to... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
How Leadership Can Create Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
While bias, discrimination and harassment in the workplace has come under fire in the past few years, there still remains a degree of insidious behavior that can have an adverse effect on the workplace environment. Particularly for vulnerable employees, the climate of a workplace can directly impact employee performance and satisfaction. This CLE course will provide leaders and managers with the tools to examine their workplace and the interpersonal relationships within it and offer tips and str... More Info
$651.5Ethics Credits -
Recent Developments in Legal Funding
As legal funding has become an accepted if controversial method for client, attorney and case financing, legislation and guidelines have begun to spring up in states across the country. This CLE course, presented by Jeffrey Rubin, Esq., a legal funding specialist, will present the origins of legal funding and how it is used, particularly in New York State, Maine, Ohio and Minnesota. The course will explore the ethical conflicts that result from boilerplate contracts and high interest as well as... More Info
$291General Credit -
The Emerging Environmental Crisis
The issue of emerging contaminants in our drinking water is a fascinating and relatively new area of environmental law. This CLE course will begin with a focus on efforts to protect our supplies of drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act, a federal statute regulated many, but not all, of these contaminants. In fact, there is an entirely unregulated segment called emerging contaminants. Presented by New York environmental attorneys James Rigano, Nicholas Rigano and Alyse Delle Fave, the... More Info
$552General Credits -
Federal Criminal Practice 101
Under the bright glare of media attention and with the potential for stiff penalties and long-term incarceration, federal criminal trials are no place for newbies. It takes practice and experience, as well as intensive preparation and a solid strategy, to successfully navigate the process. Presented by Alex Spiro and Kayla Feld of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, this CLE course will examine: • The stages of the federal criminal trial • Jury selection strategies • Tips... More Info
$291General Credit -
Business Alternative Dispute Resolution
In comparison with litigating commercial cases in court, business arbitration and mediation hold a number of important benefits, but taking advantage of them requires familiarity with Alternative Dispute Resolution. This CLE course, presented by experienced business dispute resolution attorney, commercial arbitrator and mediator and trainer of new and experienced neutrals, will provide a thorough understanding of business-to-business ADR as well as provide insights and answer questions about the... More Info
$551.75General Credits -
Advertising Law in Russia
It has been quite a long time since national borders were a factor in advertising as the web and social media have made marketing a global endeavor. This CLE course, co-sponsored by the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance, will provide a thorough review of the many rules and regulations governing global advertising, specifically as they relate to marketing to consumers in Russia. More Info
$291General Credit -
Diversity & Inclusion: The #MeToo Movement’s Impact on the Legal Profession
Gender discrimination and gender diversity has perhaps never been more center-stage. This CLE course will take an attorneys view of the issue and discuss them in terms of the legal profession. The course will explain pay equity in law firms, sexual harassment issues and how diversity can be improved in law firms. Practical, effective steps by individuals and organizations can take to increase diversity and avoid inappropriate sexual conduct in light of the lessons we’ve learned in the #MeToo and... More Info
$341Ethics Credit
